netdev - Re: [net-next] ipv6: Enable netlink notification for tentative addresses.

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Date:	Thu, 26 Aug 2010 14:27:55 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	greearb@...delatech.com
Cc:	brian.haley@...com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [net-next] ipv6: Enable netlink notification for tentative
 addresses.

From: Ben Greear <greearb@...delatech.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2010 14:19:30 -0700

> In our case, we enable IPv6 in user-space, and then we want to get
> some immediate indication that indeed the process is working as
> expected.

When DAD completes, you'll get a similar indication.

> In other cases, we want to remove all IPv6 addresses, so if we have
> not even been notified that the IP exists, then we cannot know how
> to delete it.

You can add a netlink message to accomplish that.  This has been
asked for in other contexts as well.

> We've been running this patch for several years, and it has not
> caused any obvious problems with other tools, so I think it's safe
> enough.

And your level of exposure compared to upstream is...? :-)

Anyways, even if it's implemented in an error free way it's still
not necessary the best way to go about this.
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